Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism
Chapter 66 The Dog Strike

After hearing Kaylee's explanation, everyone calmed down and the situation was temporarily under control.

Nydia and Hazel exchanged a worried glance.

"Violeta is missing? How is that possible? This place isn't that big. Can she just vanish into thin air?" Nydia questioned.

Kaylee replied, "We've searched everywhere and couldn't replace her. We couldn't reach her phone either, and we're really worried about her now!" "Are you sure you guys didn't see her?" Hazel asked firmly.

Nydia responded, "No."

Hazel lowered her gaze and suddenly remembered the conversation she had with the cheerleaders in the cafeteria earlier.

After lunch, those girls had gone missing too.

Could it be?

Hazel had a bad feeling about this. Did those fools pick a fight with Violeta?

Nydia noticed Hazel's expression but didn't say anything.

After getting their answer, Kaylee dragged Nolan along and they left.

As they took a few steps, Hazel's phone suddenly rang.

Everyone's attention turned towards her.

Kaylee and Nolan were about to leave, but they also turned to her at that moment.

Under everyone's gaze, Hazel took out her phone to answer the call. It was one of the cheerleaders.

"Hello?"

"Hazel! Please come and save us!"

Hazel's expression froze.

Five minutes later.

Everyone rushed to the small grove behind the cafeteria.

Violeta picked up her coat from the ground and dusted it off.

"Vio!!"

Seeing Violeta, Kaylee quickly rushed over and asked, "Vio, are you okay?"

Violeta smiled at them and said, "I'm fine. Why is everyone here?"

Nolan felt relieved when he saw that Violeta was fine. Then he turned and glared angrily at Archer, accusing, "You claimed you knew nothing!"

Archer insisted that he knew nothing.

"This woman is perfectly fine, right? Why are you all so nervous?"

"What's going on here?"

Everyone turned their heads to look behind Violeta, where they saw several cheerleaders from the sports school in the small grove. Those girls supported each other and cried miserably, each wearing a distressed expression on their faces. "Sob! Sob! Sob! You guys came. This woman is terrifying!"

Before they could attack Violeta, she asked them with a smile, "Have you ever heard of the cane technique?"

"The cane technique?"

They were puzzled. Violeta picked up a wooden stick from the floor and accurately struck each of them with it.

She called it "The Dog Strike!"

Those girls were miserably defeated.

Although they exercised daily in the sports school and had a much better physique than ordinary girls, they were defenseless against Violeta.

Each one of them was precisely struck. They ended up sitting under the tree, feeling sore all over their bodies.

Unable to bear it any longer, one of them called Hazel to come and save them.

Violeta put on her coat and said, "Nothing much! Just a friendly exchange."

Nolan looked at Archer coldly and said indifferently, "So this is what you meant by knowing nothing. Those from the sports school never change their ways!" Archer's face darkened and was filled with gloom.

Even though he was in the dark, it didn't change the fact that someone from his school had taken Violeta.

The trio left the grove.

Hazel's complexion also turned grave as she angrily confronted the cheerleaders. She scolded, "What are you doing? Who told you to teach Violeta a lesson?"

The cheerleaders stood up and held onto their sore backs. One of them said, "Hazel, we wanted to help you."

Hazel was seething with anger. She felt as if her lungs were about to burst!

"You call this helping me? You've only made a fool out of me! I want to defeat her fair and square in the competition this afternoon! Leave now! Go back to school! Disappear from my sight now!" Reluctantly, the cheerleaders supported each other and left.

Hazel was furious. She couldn't face Violeta in the competition this afternoon. Violeta would definitely think that she was the one who instructed them to do this.

She cautiously called out, "Archer!"

Archer gave her a cold glance and said, "This is embarrassing."

Hazel was speechless, unable to defend herself.

She bit her lip, unable to utter a word.

She was furious! Incredibly furious!

Who exactly encouraged these idiots to go after Violeta?

If she found out, she would make them pay.

It turned out to be a false alarm. Violeta returned to the team.

Kaylee still felt a pang of fear. She asked, "Vio, what happened?"

Violeta explained, "I threw my lunchbox and was on my way back when I ran into them in the corridor. They said they had something to tell me and took me to the grove."

Kaylee nervously asked, "Why were you so naive? Didn't you know not to go with them?"

"I knew what they intended to do, so I decided to confront them once and for all."

"Those from the sports school are despicable!"

"It wasn't them, there's someone else behind it all."

Violeta looked at Zelena, who was sitting beside her.

Zelena was playing with her phone on the side, her expression indifferent.

It seemed like she knew nothing.

In reality, she was extremely disappointed!

She couldn't believe those from the sports school were so useless. They had taken Violeta away, but she was completely unharmed, not even a strand of hair was missing. They were truly useless! The finals began at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

Because of what happened to Violeta, Kaylee despised their rivals and vowed to make them pay.

When the two teams faced each other, Kaylee's gaze was filled with anger as she looked at Nydia and Hazel.

Hazel wanted to explain to Violeta. Because of this, she seemed weak and lacked confidence.

With the referee's signal, the match officially began.

Kaylee served the ball and hit it fiercely.

Nydia and Hazel had good skills, almost on par with Violeta and Kaylee. But because of the incident, Hazel lost her confidence and made a few mistakes.

Their score quickly fell behind. Violeta and Kaylee performed exceptionally well, and their team won the match.

After the match concluded, Violeta approached with her racket.

"I know you weren't responsible for what happened earlier. You don't have to feel guilty towards me."

Hazel pursed her lips and said, "Bah! I don't feel guilty. I just didn't perform well."

"Good to hear."

After saying that, Violeta turned and walked away.

Hazel called out, "Hey! I still want to apologize to you on behalf of them. They were doing it for me. I'm sorry."

Violeta glanced at her and said, "It's okay, just a friendly competition."

Her gaze showed no hostility, and Hazel watched her walk away.

Nydia approached and patted her sister on the shoulder. She said, "What are you looking at? Let's go."

Hazel spoke up, "I think Violeta is not too bad."

Nydia asked, "Really? You don't see her as a love rival anymore?"

Hazel shook her racket and said, "She's a rival on the court. Next time, I won't make any more mistakes!"

Both the women's doubles and men's teams won the match.

The tennis club achieved a complete victory and won the trophy. Meanwhile, the sports school settled for second place.

On their way back, they happily discussed how to celebrate and planned to hold a big party.

Both of Zelena's plans failed. She was quite disappointed.

She had been silent the whole time and left as soon as she got off the bus.

While walking, she felt discomfort in her foot. Removing her shoe, she discovered a thumbtack lodged inside.